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DEFENSE OF JAPAN 2013 (Provisional Translation)

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CONTENTS

Part Ⅰ: Security Environment Surrounding Japan

Overview

Section 1 Trends in the International Community
Section 2 Security Environment in the Vicinity of Japan
Section 3 Major Security Issues in the International Community

Chapter 1 Defense Policies of Countries

Section 1 The United States
Section 2 Korean Peninsula
Section 3 China
Section 4 Russia
Section 5 Southeast Asia
Section 6 South Asia
Section 7 Australia
Section 8 Europe

Chapter 2 Issues in the International Community

Section 1 Trends Concerning Cyberspace
Section 2 Transfer and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Section 3 International Terrorism
Section 4 Complex and Diverse Regional Conflicts and Approaches of the International Community

Part Ⅱ: Japan's Defense Policy and the Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements

Chapter 1 The Basic Concepts of Japan's Security and Defense Policy

Section 1 Measures to Ensure Japan's Security
Section 2 The Constitution and the Right of Self-Defense
Section 3 The Basis of Defense Policy
Section 4 Establishment of National Security Council

Chapter 2 The National Defense Program Guidelines and the Build-Up of Defense Capability

Section 1 The National Defense Program Guidelines and the Mid-Term Defense Program
Section 2 Status of Deliberations Concerning the Revision of the 2010 Guidelines
Section 3 Build-Up of Defense Capability in FY2013
Section 4 Defense-Related Expenditures (First Increase in 11 Years)
Section 5 Stable Use of Global Commons (Outer Space, Cyberspace, and the Oceans)

Chapter 3 Strengthening of the Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements

Section 1 The Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements
Section 2 For the Deeper and Broader Japan-U.S. Alliance
Section 3 MV-22 Osprey Deployment in Okinawa
Section 4 Efforts to Strengthen Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation
Section 5 Measures Relating to the Stationing of U.S. Forces in Japan, including their Realignment

Part Ⅲ: Measures for Defense of Japan

Chapter 1 Systems to Protect Citizens' Lives and Property and Defend Japanese Territorial Land, Waters and Airspace

Section 1 Effective Deterrence and Response
Section 2 Frameworks for Responses to Armed Attack Situations

Chapter 2 Initiatives to Further Stabilize the International Security Environment

Section 1 Promoting Multilateral Security Cooperation and Dialogue in Areas Including the Asia-Pacific Region
Section 2 Promotion of Defense Cooperation and Exchanges
Section 3 Counter-piracy Initiatives
Section 4 Efforts to Support International Peace Cooperation Activities
Section 5 Efforts for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation

Chapter 3 The Maintenance and Strengthening of Defense Production and Technological Bases, and the Effective, Efficient Acquisition of Defense Equipment

Chapter 4 The Relationship between the Japanese People and the Ministry of Defense and the SDF

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